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Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 More than a Game
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'Compelling and original, and set amidst the fortunes and misfortunes of a football team, More Than a Game is the story of Tammy, an intellectually disabled young woman and her passion for her football team. Written in Tammy's voice, this is a warm, humane and arrestingly insightful novel.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia

    Type of disabilty Intellectual disability (unconfirmed).
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view First person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1999 .
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      Extent: 232p.
      ISBN: 0141301821

Works about this Work

The Sporting Life : Sport in Australian and New Zealand Fiction Kevin Steinberger , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 15 no. 3 2000; (p. 18-23)

— Review of The Last Shot Allan Baillie , 1997 single work novella ; Shooting Stars Kerry Wakefield , 1997 single work children's fiction ; Mike Brian Caswell , 1993 single work children's fiction ; More than a Game Peter McFarlane , 1999 single work novel ; Black Belt Nicole Plüss , 1994 single work novel ; Gazza's Gone John Larkin , 2000 single work children's fiction ; The Redback Leftovers Debra Oswald , 2000 single work novel ; Netball or Nothing Bernadette Hellard , Lisa Gibbs , 2000 single work novel ; Making the Most of It Lisa Forrest , 2000 single work novel ; More Than Gold John Heffernan , 2000 single work children's fiction ; Gunna Burn Wendy Jenkins , 2000 single work novel ; The Crush Scott Monk , 2000 single work novel
Untitled Kerry Boyd , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 3 1999; (p. 30)

— Review of More than a Game Peter McFarlane , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Helen Purdie , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 14 no. 1 1999; (p. 39)

— Review of More than a Game Peter McFarlane , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Anne Hanzl , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 43 no. 2 1999; (p. 28-29)

— Review of More than a Game Peter McFarlane , 1999 single work novel
'More Than a Game' by Peter McFarlane Stella Lees , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 7 no. 1 1999; (p. 20)

— Review of More than a Game Peter McFarlane , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Anne Hanzl , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 43 no. 2 1999; (p. 28-29)

— Review of More than a Game Peter McFarlane , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Helen Purdie , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 14 no. 1 1999; (p. 39)

— Review of More than a Game Peter McFarlane , 1999 single work novel
The Sporting Life : Sport in Australian and New Zealand Fiction Kevin Steinberger , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 15 no. 3 2000; (p. 18-23)

— Review of The Last Shot Allan Baillie , 1997 single work novella ; Shooting Stars Kerry Wakefield , 1997 single work children's fiction ; Mike Brian Caswell , 1993 single work children's fiction ; More than a Game Peter McFarlane , 1999 single work novel ; Black Belt Nicole Plüss , 1994 single work novel ; Gazza's Gone John Larkin , 2000 single work children's fiction ; The Redback Leftovers Debra Oswald , 2000 single work novel ; Netball or Nothing Bernadette Hellard , Lisa Gibbs , 2000 single work novel ; Making the Most of It Lisa Forrest , 2000 single work novel ; More Than Gold John Heffernan , 2000 single work children's fiction ; Gunna Burn Wendy Jenkins , 2000 single work novel ; The Crush Scott Monk , 2000 single work novel
Untitled Kerry Boyd , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 3 1999; (p. 30)

— Review of More than a Game Peter McFarlane , 1999 single work novel
Football as a Way of Life Margaret Aitken , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 208 1999; (p. 37-38)

— Review of More than a Game Peter McFarlane , 1999 single work novel
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